Daily Republican., 1887-03-02
AT WEST CHURCH.
6oyivas Services Under tho Care o.
BvnDgelist laflls,

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EvspSelist mills.
West ehurch was crowded to III ut
most capacity last night to hear the
initial sermon OF the Rev. B. Fay
Mills, the evangelist, who has come to
this CITY at the request Of oil of the
fres byterian clergy 10 assist In revival
services. Last year the local ministers
preached the sermons throughout the
-FOUR weeks Of revival meetipss, but
is was found that in order to do this
they were obliged to neglect their req a.
lsf parish work. Accordingly, this year
they sent for Mr.. Mills, who has been
very successful In other cities, to assist
them In the united efforts OF ali the
churches to bring about o religious re-
vivAl.
On the platform last night were the
Revs. A. N keigwin, Lafayette Marks
henry ID. Lindsay and j. 81. Nixon. In
the audience were many prominent citi-
zens Of the city, including those FROM
several other denominations. There
were great many old and young men
In the congregation. The greatest in.
terest WAS manifested In the service.
Mr. Mills is young man Of good pyss.
ence ana has clear voice easily heard
all over the church. He spoke essutssly y
and slowly, but with An evident con.
viction OF the truth of the things where
OF he spoke He chose for his text The
following portion of the ninth verse oi
the fourteenth chapter Of jeremiah
why should'st thou be as q man as.
tonished, as q mighty man that cannot
save2"
Mr.. Mills gave q rapid sketch of the
many revivals that had taken place in
this country during years past, and
then spoke Of the results OF revival
work during the past year, which had
Deen unusually great. In one week he
knew OF 70 900 conversions in few de.
nominations, while the entire number
WAS probably twice as great. There
we're some weeks when as high as 20,
600 conversions were made daily. He
spoke particularly of the revivals In St.
Johnsbury, VT, and In cities In New
York, Indiana and Illinois, in which
the results were extraordinarily great
he then requested all those who had
confidence in God that there could be q
mighty revival In this city, that 1,
could be spiritually moved az navel
before, 10 rise. A large portion OF the
congregation stood up. Mr.. Mills then
stated that there were five conditions
under which the revival could take
place, which were: Faith that Co.
| would accomplish the work; proper
efforts on the part Of every one to bring
about; forsaking OF sin; an earnest
ness on the part Of every one TO bFfns
every soul to Christ and readiness +
receive the baptism Of the Holy Ghos5.
Mr.. Mills said that he had not come
here to "get up" revival. He hat
come ut the invitation of the Pr shy
| terisn clergy to assist In revival work
Revivals were not gotten up and carried
on by any one clergyman. They are
| the result of the united and con nttnued
efforts Of the people Of God. The 70
suit OF the meetings, he said, depended
en- ntirely upon how the-people took hold
of the work, on how earnestly they
work ed and prayed for an outpourinf
OF the spirit, and II IL Is was done hl
believed that there would be reviva
In the city such % it had never known
He closed with an earnest appeal to al
present TO give themselves heartily d
the work, and assist him and the oibe
clergymen In their efforts.
There will be preaching by Mr.. Mil
every evening this week except 6atur
day, ct West Church, and at the Firs
Pret by terian Church this, to morrow
and Friday afternoons The sermon
last night was In a measure prelinina
ry to the revival work which will be
gin to day. A most cordial Invitation
has been extended to every one to at
tend both afternoon and evening eervi
cee,